Heliga krigets armé

Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni stående i mitten.

Heliga krigets armé (arabiska: جيش الجهاد المقدس; Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas) var en irreguljär palestinsk styrka verksam under det palestinska inbördeskriget 1947-1948.

Den stod under ledning av Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni och Hasan Salama. Organisationen har beskrivits som Husayni-klanens privata armé.[1]

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Noter

  1. ^ Pappé, 1994, p. 65.

Litteratur

  • Khalaf, Issa. (1991). Politics in Palestine: Arab Factionalism and Social Disintegration, 1939-1948. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 9780791407073
  • Pappé, Ilan. (1994). The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-51. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781850438199

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Early in January 1948 Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini returned to Palestine after an exile of ten years, and began organizing Palestinian resistance to the forcible partition of Palestine. He is seen here (standing center) with aides and Palestinian irregulars, Jerusalem district, February 1948.